English - Phonics and Alphabet - Syllables and syllabication - Clap It Out

Show a word and a hand-clap counter. The child 'claps' (clicks a button) for each syllable they hear in the word. Show words of increasing syllable count: 'cat' (1), 'tiger' (2), 'elephant' (3), 'caterpillar' (4), 'hippopotamus' (5). After clapping, the word splits apart at syllable boundaries to co